The internet services in the “Shack”, which is a small
community building on the dock at Ocean Falls was quite good. I was able to enter a few entries for the
blog – but cell service really was non-existent so Bruce had to break out the
satellite phone for his office calls.
We walked into town and enjoyed breakfast up at the fishing
lodge’s café “Tuna’s Café” – the food was very good and we enjoyed visiting
with the owner Randy. He and his wife
bought the fishing lodge last season & have been running the lodge during
the summer season and returning home to Alberta each year.
While at the Shack, the gentlemen who manages the harbor,
named Norman, came down to the docks. I
had read in the guide books that “Normal Norman” has a museum of collectibles
that he has gathered over the years from all of the various vacant building in Ocean
Falls. I asked him if he would be
willing to give us a tour and he said he would at 1:30pm. So we got another couple who were anchored
at the docks and we all met Norman for our tour. It was really interesting to see what he has
collected.
One of the collectibles was a “Perfect Egg Company” egg
boiler from the late 1940’s that was found way back in a storage shelf in the
old hotel. It still works
perfectly! What a contraption!
As we were leaving the museum the rain made another
appearance so we decided to continue south to try and get back into the
sunshine – hopefully rounding Cape Caution this weekend. We’ll have to catch Bella Coola on our next
trip through!
We left Ocean Falls thinking that this small village was
quite something 70 years ago, but has long since been left behind. But still it is a very special to visit.
Glad we made the effort and came here J.
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